Horrible experience. - Sales Associate Talbots Employee Review

1.0
Jan 2, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Discount if you shop there. -Flexibility with scheduling. -Nice customers.

Cons

-Would cut hours during the shift if they did not make sales goals. Working two out of five hours is not what I was promised. -Very rude managers and cliquey environment for a bunch of middle-aged women. -Expect you to remember everyone's name (they think it helps increase sales). -Writes cards to customers for shopping with them (out of date practice). -They did not truly care about the people that came in and would lie to them whether if outfits looked right or not while they tried them on. Customers pointed this out to me and would ask for honest advice from me instead since I was new. I had to repeatedly apologize to people for the other workers' behavior like if they were too pushy, etc.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

None. This company is garbage compared to how it used to be.

Cons

Slave wages, not enough hours for anyone except management because the private equity company that owns us has cut our staff to a skeleton crew even on busy days. Management and associate alike are stretched super thin to the point of exhaustion. Even as a sales associate, there was a time I supported myself on a Talbots salary. Now I have to choose between paying my car insurance or getting an oil change. I used to get 30+ hours a week even as a sales associate. Now I'm lucky if I get 20. Health benefits are a rip-off. The company in my observation has had a time finding and maintaining good workers. If you value your livelihood, run fast and run far.

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